Loading message with Pthreads

I want to print a nice loading message with these three fading dots, while the main thread does some heavy IO stuff. This is why I implemented this:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

static bool            loadingStop;
static pthread_mutex_t loadingMutex;

void *loadingDots(void *message);

int main() {
  loadingStop = false;

  // MUTEX
  pthread_mutex_init(&loadingMutex, NULL);

  // ATTRIBUTE
  pthread_attr_t attr;
  pthread_attr_init(&attr);
  pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);

  // THREAD
  pthread_t loadingThread;
  pthread_create(&loadingThread, &attr, loadingDots, (void *)"Loading (main, does something long)");

  pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);

  // SOMETHING TIME CONSUMING 
  usleep(8000000);

  // PLEASE 'LoadingDots' TO STOP
  pthread_mutex_lock(&loadingMutex);
  loadingStop = true;
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&loadingMutex);

  // WAIT FOR IT TO FINISH
  pthread_join(loadingThread, NULL);
  pthread_mutex_destroy(&loadingMutex);

  printf("This is printed after 'LoadingDots' savely quit.\n");

  return 0;
}

void *loadingDots(void *message)
{
  int c = 0;

  while (1) {
    switch (c) {
    case 0:
      printf("\r%s   \r%s", (char *)message, (char*)message);
      break;
    default:
      putchar('.');
      break;
    }

    fflush(stdout);
    usleep(1000000);

    c = (c+1) % 4;

    pthread_mutex_lock(&loadingMutex);
    if (loadingStop) { break; };
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&loadingMutex);
  }

  putchar('\n');
  pthread_exit(NULL);
}